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Where Does The Last Name Wacht Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wacht is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wacht? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 329,025^th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 6,466,323 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wacht live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 42 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States Wacht is most frequent in: New York, where 17 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Michigan, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 31 percent reside and Poland, where 11 percent reside.

Wacht Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Wacht has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wacht last name increased 3,989 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wacht Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Wacht last name are 9.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.47% being registered to vote for the party.

Wacht earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning $49,318 USD per year.